Books set in South Africa (104)
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101.
Welcome to Our Hillbrow by Phiswane Mpe EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Welcome to Our Hillbrow is an exhilarating and disturbing ride through the chaotic and hyper-real zone of Hillbrow—microcosm of all that is contradictory, alluring, and painful in the postapartheid South African psyche. Everything is there: the shattered dreams of youth, sexuality and its unpredictable costs, AIDS, xenophobia, suicide, the omnipotent violence that often cuts short the promise of young people’s lives, and the Africanist understanding of the life continuum that does not end with death but flows on into an ancestral realm. Infused with the rhythms of the inner-city pulsebeat, thi... continue
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Wut ist ein Geschenk : Das Vermächtnis meines Großvaters Mahatma Gandhi by Arun Gandhi DE
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Eine bessere Welt beginnt bei jedem Einzelnen
Verwandtschaft verpflichtet. Das gilt besonders, wenn man der Enkel eines Mannes ist, der wie kein anderer politischer Vordenker für Gewaltlosigkeit und Sanftmut steht. Doch der junge Arun Gandhi war in dieser Hinsicht kein Musterschüler, er war berüchtigt für seine Wutanfälle und immer wieder in Prügeleien verwickelt. Als er zwölf Jahre alt war, wussten sich seine Eltern nicht mehr zu helfen; sie schickten ihn in den Sevagram-Ashram nach Zentralindien, zu seinem Großvater. In den folgenden zwei Jahren lern... continue
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Zebra Crossing by Meg Vandermerwe EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Ghost. Ape. Living dead. Young and albino, Chipo has been called many things, but to her mother – Zimbabwe’s most loyal Manchester United supporter – she had always been a gift. On the eve of the World Cup, Chipo and her brother flee to Cape Town, hoping for a better life and to share in the excitement of the greatest sporting event ever to take place in Africa. But the Mother City’s infamous Long Street is a dangerous place for an illegal immigrant and an albino. Soon Chipo is caught up in a get-rich-quick scheme organised by her brother and the terrifying Dr Ongani. Exploiting gamblers’ supe... continue
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Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things. To save herself, she's got to find the hardest thing of all: The truth.